VIEW OF A BAY NEAR TERRACINA WITH FIGURES AND SHIPPING IN CHOPPY SEAS

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WILLIAM MARLOW (1740-1813)
VIEW OF A BAY NEAR TERRACINA WITH FIGURES AND SHIPPING IN CHOPPY SEAS
OIL ON CANVAS
28 X 36 IN. (71 X 91.4 CM.)

Provenance

E.R. ROBSON (+); CHRISTIE'S, 18 JUNE 1917, LOT 124, AS P.J. DE LOUTHERBOURGH (12 GNS. TO CARPENTER).
WITH SPINK, LONDON, NO. 23362.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

THIS PICTURE IS ONE OF THREE KNOWN VERSIONS OF THIS COMPOSITION. THE OTHER TWO ARE SMALLER AND WERE PAINTED FOR THE DUCHESS OF NORTHUMBERLAND, EITHER DURING OR AFTER MARLOW'S TRIP TO ITALY IN 1765-66, WHICH WAS FUNDED BY THE DUCHESS. STYLISTICALLY, THE COMPOSITION DATES TO THE 1770S AND REFLECTS THE INFLUENCE OF JOSEPH VERNET WHOSE WORK MARLOW HAD SEEN IN THE PARIS SALON IN 1765.
WE ARE GRATEFUL TO MICHAEL LIVERSIDGE FOR HIS ASSISTANCE IN PREPARING THIS CATALOGUE ENTRY.

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